South Indian Bank PO Sample Paper Question Answer - Reasoning

Directions (Q. 1-7): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:
Following are the criteria/conditions for calling candidates for interview for allotting distributorship of a company. The candidate must
(a) be holding a degree in any discipline.
(b) have secured more than 60 percent marks at SSC and 45 percent and above marks at degree level.
(c) be in the age range of 24 years to 30 years as on 1.5.1998
(d) have minimum years experience in the field of marketing or sales.
(e) be having an income of less than Rs 1,20,000 per annum.
In case of the applicant, who satisfies all criteria except:
(I) at (a) above but has 5 years of experience after having obtained 75% and above marks at SSC and 60% and above marks at H.Sc, be referred to Manager (Marketing).
(II) at (b) above but has more than and above marks at degree level, be referred to Sr. Manager(Marketing).
(III) At (d)above but hold a Master’s degree in Marketing Management, be referred to Chief Manager (Marketing).
Based on these criteria and information provided below, decide the course of action in each case. You are not to assume anything. If the data provided is not adequate to decide the given course of action, your answer will be ‘data inadequate’. The cases are given to you as on 1.5.98.
1. Mohan Gandhi holds a degree in Mech. Engineering with 70% marks. He has 3 years of experience in Marketing and is earning Rs 1 lakh per year. He passed his S.S.C. in March 1988 at the age of 16 years.
1) Not eligible
2) Data inadequate
3) Refer to Chief Manager
4) Refer to Sr Manager
5) Refer to Manager

2. Sangita holds a Master’s degree in Arts with 82%, 75%, 67% and 58% marks in S.S.C., H.S.C., B.A., and M.A. respectively. She is in the field of customer sales for the last 3 years and earns an income of Rs 7,000 per month.
1) Call for interview
2) Not eligible
3) Data inadequate
4) Refer to Sr Manager
5) Refer to Chief Manager

3. Leslie Rebello obtained his S.S.C. with 75% marks and B.Com. with 58%. After passing his B.Com. in 1993 at the age of 20 years, he took up job as Sales Assistant and for the last three years he is working as Asstt. Sales Manager and currently he is having an income of Rs 9,500 per month. He is doing part-time Master’s degree in Marketing Management.
1) To be called for interview
2) Not eligible
3) Data inadequate
4) Refer to Sr Manager
5) Refer to Chief Manager

4. Rajan Dighe, after obtaining his degree in Engineering, is working as Junior Engineer on a salary of Rs 6,000 per month. He was born on 13th January l97_3. He has obtained 85 per cent and 65 per cent marks at S.S.C. and degree level respectively. He is currently doing a part time Master’s Programme in Marketing Management.
1) Call for interview
2) Data inadequate
3) Not eligible
4) Refer to Chief Manager
5) Refer to Sr Manager

5. Nasimabanu has completed her Master’s degree in Marketing Management after her M.Com. with 55% marks. Her father is a businessman. She was born on May 15, 1972. Her father’s firm has employed her for the last two years as Asstt. Manager at a monthly salary of Rs 7,500.
1) To be called for interview
2) Data inadequate
3) Refer to Chief Manager
4) Refer to Sr Manager
5) Not eligible
6. Devendra Jani — aged 25 years — holds a Master’s degree is Marketing Management after obtaining B.Com. degree with 60% and S.S.C. with 85 per cent. He is presently working as Trainee in Marketing with a monthly salary of Rs 8,000.
1) Data inadequate
2) Not eligible
3) Refer to Sr Manager
4) Refer to Chief Manager
5) Call for interview

7. Nitin is a 26-year-old youth having 7 years experience of marketing and sales of consumer products. He earns Rs 8,500 per month, has obtained 80% marks and 72% marks at S.S.C. and H.S.C. respectively but could not complete graduation due to family difficulties.
1) Not eligible
2) Data inadequate
3) Refer to Sr Manager
4) Refer to Chief Manager
5) Reefer to Manager

Directions (Q. 8-12): Each of the questions below consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and
give answer (1) if the data in statement I alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement ll alone are not sufficient to answer the question;
give answer (2) if the data in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question, while the data in statement I alone are not sufficient to answer the question;
give answer (3) if the data either in statement I alone or in statement II alone are sufficient to answer the question;
give answer (4) if the data given in both the statements I and II together are not sufficient to answer the question;
give answer (5) if the data in both the statements I and II together are necessary to answer the question.

8. Mahesh’s flat is on which floor of the five-floor apartment?
I. His flat is exactly above Ganesh’s ﬂat whose flat is exactly above Nitin’s first-floor flat.
II. Jeevan’s flat, which is adjacent to Mahesh’s flat, is exactly below Ahmed’s flat, who is on fourth floor.

9. At present, how many villagers are voters in village ‘X’?
I. There were 860 voters in village ‘X’ in the list prepared for the last election.
II. The present list of village ‘X’ has 15% more voters than the list for the last election.

10. How many stations are there while going from station ‘X’ to station ‘Y’?
I. Station ‘G’ precedes station ‘Y’ and station ‘K’ is next station after station ‘X’.
II. Station ‘M’ is third from ‘K’ and there are 4‘ stations between M and Y.

11. How many books did Dinesh purchase in ‘X’ bookshop?
I. Dinesh wanted to purchase 65 books, but only 45 books were available in shop ‘X’.
II. Dinesh selected 37 books but had money to purchase 27 books and asked for some credit to which the shopkeeper of ‘X’ bookstall did not agree.

12. If the first day of a month is Thursday, how many days were there in that month?
I. The fourth Sunday happened to be on 25th.
II. The last day of the month was the fifth Saturday of that month.

Directions (Q. 13-16): Study the following information and answer the questions given below:
i) 6 picture cards A, B, C, D, E and F are printed in six different coloured inks - blue, red, green, grey, yellow and brown — and are arranged from left to right (not necessarily in the same order and colour as given).
ii) The pictures were of king, princess, queen, palace, joker and prince.
iii) The picture of palace was in blue colour but it was not printed on Card D.
iv) Card ‘A’, which was bearing Queen’s picture printed in brown ink, was at the extreme right.
v) The picture of princess was neither on Card D nor E and was not printed in either green or yellow ink. Card ‘C’ had picture of King printed in ‘grey’ ink and it was fifth from right and next to Card B having picture of prince.

13. If the Princess’s card is between the cards of the palace and prince, then at what number the Joker’s card is placed from left?
1) First
2) Fourth
3) Fifth
4) Second
5) None of these

14. Which of the following combinations of card and colour is TRUE for picture of princess?
1) E- Yellow
2) F - Red
3) B – Green
4) Data inadequate
5) None of these

15. In which colour was the picture of Joker printed?
1) Data inadequate
2) Yellow
3) Red
4) Green
5) None of these

16. Picture of palace was printed on which of the following cards?
1) E
2) F
3) D
4) either D or E
5) None of these

Directions (Q. 17-19): Read the following information and answer the questions given below:
i) An institute was planning to organise 8 lectures A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H (not necessarily in the same order) for 3 subjects X, Y and Z on 3 successive days.
ii) Subject ‘X’ was to be covered first in 3 lectures followed by ‘Z’ and then subject ‘Y’ in 2 lectures.
iii) Lectures A, C and D have to be on separate days.
iv) Lectures B and F have to be kept on separate days but lecture B cannot be clubbed with A or G or D.
v) Lectures G and H should come on one day.
17. Which of the following pairs of lectures can go along with lecture ‘A’ on subject ‘X’?
1) B, C
2) G, H
3) D,E
4) Data inadequate
5) None of these

18. Which combination of lectures was arranged on the second day of the series?
1) C,G,H
2) B,D,E
3) C,A,G
4) Data inadequate
5) None of these

19. Which of the following lectures were for subject ‘Y’?
1) D,F
2) G,H
3) B,C
4) Data inadequate
5) None of these

Directions (Q. 20-21): Read the following information and answer the question given below.
i) A finance company’s office has 3 windows W1, W2 and W3 for handling various transactions.
ii) W1 is open between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday and between 2.30 p.m. and 4.30 p.m. on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday.
iii) W2 is open between 9 a.m. and l2 noon on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
iv) W3 is open between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday and 12 noon and 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.
20. On which day before noon, all the three windows are simultaneously open at least for some time?
1) Saturday
2) Thursday
3) Wednesday
4) Monday
5) None of these

21. On which day, more than one windows are not open simultaneously at any given time?
1) Tuesday
2) Wednesday
3) Friday
4) Saturday
5) None of these

22. On which day’s afternoon, only W1 and W2 are open simultaneously for some time?
1) Saturday
2) Thursday
3) Monday
4) Tuesday
5) None of these

23. ‘P -‘Q’ means ‘Q’ is son of ‘P’ and ‘ P x Q’ means ‘P’ is brother of ‘Q’, ‘P ÷ Q’ means ‘Q’ is sister of ‘P’, and ‘P + Q’ means ‘P’ is mother of ‘Q’. Which of the following is definitely TRUE about ‘N x K - M ÷ L?
1) ‘K’ is father of L and M.
2) ‘L’ is the daughter of ‘K’ and is the niece of her uncle ‘N’.
3) ‘K’ is the father of ‘M’ and ‘L’ - his son and daughter respectively.
4) ‘M’ is the uncle of K’s brother N.
5) None of these

24. If it is possible to make a meaningful word with the second, the fourth, the seventh and the eighth letters of the word CONTROVERSIAL, which of the following will be the first letter of that word? If more than one such word can be made, give ‘M’ as the answer. If no such word can be made, give ‘X’ as the answer.
1) X
2) V
3) M
4) T
5) None of these

25. If the given numbers are arranged in a descending order based on the sum of the digits of each number, which one will be in the middle?
853 395 486 249 497 766 914
1) 497
2) 486
3) 766
4) 395
5) None of these

Directions (Q. 26-27): After a cricket series, a panel judged 5 players — Pervez, Jatin, Robin, Dinkar and Rahul and gave them ranking for batting and bowling. The ranking was in descending order. Rahul, who was ranked first in batting, was last in bowling. Robin had same ranking in both and was just above Rahul in bowling. In batting, Pervez was just above Dinkar but in bowling he was in the middle after Jatin.
26. Who was ranked first as bowler?
1) Jatin
2) Rahul
3) Robin
4) Data inadequate
5) None of these

28. In a certain code ‘SENSITIVE’ is written as QHLVGWGYC. How is MICROSOFT’ written in that code?
1) KGAPMQMDT
2) QKETQUQHV
3) KLAUMVMIR
4) LKBTNUNHS
5) None of these

29. ‘All trees bear fruit’. ‘Fruits of some trees are not good for human health’. If the two statements are assumed to be true, then which of the following statements is definitely TRUE?
1) All fruits are not sweet and tasty.
2) Some fruits are healthy for some human beings.
3) Some trees do not bear fruits.
4) Human beings should eat fruits for remaining healthy.
5) None of these

30. Nikhil remembers that his sister Kranti had certainly been in Pune for one day after 16th February but before 21st February. While his mother remembers that Kranti had certainly visited Pune before 20th February but after 17th February. If both of them are correct, then on which day in February had Kranti visited Pune?
1) Either 18th or 19th
2) 19th
3) 18th
4) Data inadequate
5) None of these

31. One afternoon, Manisha and Madhuri were talking to each other face to face in Bhopal on M.G. Road. If Manisha’s shadow was exactly to the left of Madhuri, which direction was Manisha facing?
1) North
2) South
3) East
4) Data inadequate
5) None of these

Directions (Q. 32-35): Study the following information and answer the questions given below:
25 boy-scouts bearing names from A to Y were standing in a row. The teacher wanted to select various teams from among them. He gave them random number from 3 to 8 as shown below:
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY
4463543356758387784874566
32. If he decides to pick up those exclusive pairs of adjacent boys whose numbers if totalled turn out to be exactly 12, how many such pairs would be available?
1) Nil
2) Six
3) Five
4) Four
5) None of these

33. If he decides to pick up those boys who bear even numbers and have boys bearing even numbers on both sides, how many boys will be picked up?
1) Four
2) Three
3) Two
4) One
5) None of these

34. If he decides to pick up those boys who bear odd numbers but have boys bearing 7 and/or 8 on either side, how many boys will be picked up?
1) Four
2) Three
3) Two
4) One
5) None of these

35. If he decides to pick up only those boys who bear even numbers but have on both sides students bearing odd numbers, how many boys will be picked up?
1) Six
2) Five
3) Four
4) Three
5) None of these

Answer

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